The Advancement of LearningPaul Dry Books, 1. mars 2001 - 263 sider Francis Bacon's The Advancement of Learning (1605) is considered the first major philosophical book written in English. In it, Bacon is concerned with scientific learning: the current state of knowledge, obstacles to its progress, and his own plans for revitalization of schools and universities. Here Bacon sets forth the first account of science as intended for "the relief of man's estate." |
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... further , it is an assured truth , and a conclusion of experience , that a little or superficial knowledge of Philosophy may incline the mind of man to Atheism , but a further proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to ...
... further but to understand him sufficiently , whereby not to give him offence , or whereby to be able to give him faithful counsel , or whereby to stand upon reasonable guard and caution in respect of a man's self . But to be speculative ...
... further search , before we come to a just period . But then if a man be to have any use of such knowledge in civil occasions , of conference , counsel , persuasion , discourse , or the like , then shall he find it prepared to his hands ...
... further and further to discover truth . Thus have I gone over these three dis- eases of learning ; besides the which there are some other rather peccant humours than formed diseases , which nevertheless are not so secret and intrinsic ...
... further stature ; so knowledge , while it is in aphorisms and observations , it is in growth : but when it once is comprehended in exact methods , it may perchance be further polished and illustrate and accommodated for use and practice ...